Re: Polysynth Question
| From: | Rik Roots <rik@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 26, 2007, 14:08 |
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On Sunday 25 Mar 2007 23:29, Jeffrey Jones wrote:
> Has anyone done a polysynthetic lang with a small phoneme inventory?
> I'd like to see what you've done.
Akat has 10 vowels (6 of which can be lengthened) and 2 semivowels, alongside
24 (or 27, depending on how you count them) separate consonants.
The concept root phoneme inventory is much more restricted: 8 consonants and 6
vowels.
More on Akat can be found at: http://www.rikweb.co.uk/kalieda/wakat/index.php
And, yes, I think it qualifies as polysynthetic.
Rik